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Visibility, visibility/wiper
12/03/2018
WINDOWS FOG IN WHOLE CAR DEFROST WONT CLEAR THE CAR BECOMES A DEATH TRAP BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE A THING . IF THE TEMP CHANGES FROM 32 TO 30 AS YOU ARE DRIVING WINDOWS INSTANTLY FOG EVEN WITH BLOWER ON HIGH DEFROST WONT CLEAR. IN CITY ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES A HOUR EVERY WHERE. CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM
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Unknown Or Other
09/24/2018
I WAS IN BACK OF MY MKX IN DRIVEWAY OF MY SISTERS HOME. I WAS TRYING TO GET THE TAILGATE DOOR TO OPEN AND IT WOULDN'T OPEN. I TRIED THREE TIMES TO OPEN WITH THE RELEASE BUTTON. IT WOULD NOT OPEN. SO I WENT OPENED AND STOOD AT THE DOOR TO PRESS THE RELEASE BUTTON FROM INSIDE TWICE AND IT STILL WOULDN'T OPEN THE TAILGATE. AS MY SISTER WAS COMING OUT OF HER HOME SHE WAS YELLING FOR ME TO MOVE MOVE BECAUSE I HAD NOT NOTICED THAT THE MKX WAS ROLLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. WITH ME STILL STANDING OUTSIDE OF IT. I FINALLY JUST FEEL BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP UP OR JUMP IN TO STOP IT. I FELL TO CEMENT IN MIDDLE OF STREET. MY SISTER KEPT YELLING FOR ME TO MOVE AS THE MKX WAS ROLLING AND THE WHEELS WERE TURNING TOWARDS MY LEGS. THANK GOD IT DIDN'T RUN OVER ME. THIS WAS A HORRIBLE AND SCARY EXPERIENCE. MY SISTER GOT IN THE MKX TO GET IT OUT OF THE STREET. SHE SAID IT WAS IN REVERSE. IT WAS IN PARK FOR A FACT AS I WAS IN THE BACK FOR MINUTES TRYING TO OPEN THE TAILGATE. THIS HAPPENED ON 1426 PEPPERTREE LN...
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Power Train, service Brakes
07/11/2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LINCOLN MKX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE CONTACT WAS EXITING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIBS, COLLARBONE INJURIES, AND SCRAPED KNEE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000. *TT
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Power Train, engine
05/24/2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN PARK, THE LETTER "P" WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SHIFTER DISPLAY. ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE MESSAGE "TRANSMISSION NOT IN PARK AS INDICATED" WAS DISPLAYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BEEN OCCURRING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE NORMALLY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.
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Visibility/wiper
05/11/2018
WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME IN MKX, LESS THAN 1000' FROM HOME, AND HEARD A LOUD POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL SHE GOT HOME AND WE LOOKED ALL AROUND. DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNTIL WE RAISED BACK HATCH DOOR AND HEARD GLASS BREAKING AND FALLING. LOOKED ON TOP AND NOTICED THAT THE VISTA ROOF HAD EXPLODED. SHE WAS GOING LESS THAN 30 MPH THANKFULLY AND SUN ROOF WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED. RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE AND FOUND IT TO BE A PROBLEM ON A LOT OF CARS, EVEN FOUND CLASS ACTION CASE BUT IT WAS DISMISSED IN 2016 FOR SOME REASON. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THIS TO BE CORRECTED...DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS? WHAT IF YOU WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THIS HAPPENED? COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM! I DON'T HAVE PICS TO DOWNLOAD YET BECAUSE I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE CAR. SERVICE MANAGER HAS TRIED TO GET HELP FROM FORD BUT THEY REFUSE. I DO SEE WHERE SEVERAL HAVE GOTTEN SOME MONETARY RESPONSE FROM FORD, BUT IT WAS AFTE...